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	Chinese Football Association Jia League Summary
		Chinese physical culture has always oscillated between two poles: at one extreme, violent competition; at the other, the peaceful quest for physical and spiritual harmony.
		The Chinese Football Association Jia League is the first-division league of Chinese football (soccer), under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.
		Above the Jia League is the premier league, the Chinese Super League or CSL.
	www.bookrags.com /Chinese_Football_Association_Jia_League (502 words)

	Chinese Super League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chinese Football Association Super League, also known as the Chinese Super League and as the CSL, is the premier football league in China, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.
		The CSL was founded in 2004 as a replacement for the previous Division I (Jia A, or 甲A) league, with 12 teams in the league.
		In 2006, the league was planned to expand to 16 teams with the newly promoted Xiamen Lanshi and Changchun Yatai, however, Sichuan Guancheng withdrew before the start of the season, leaving only 15 teams when the season started on March 11th.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_Super_League (588 words)

	Chinese soccer falters under state control - World - www.theage.com.au
		When the 11 green-jerseyed players of Beijing Hyundai file on to the pitch tomorrow in Shenyang for their first match of the new Chinese Super League soccer season, they will be hoping it won't be like the teams' last meeting.
		Suddenly the Chinese football world was in the grip of turmoil that reverberated right to the top echelons of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
		Chinese players are drifting off, even to Australia and its relatively modest salaries.
	www.theage.com.au /news/World/Chinese-soccer-falters-under-state-control/2005/04/01/1112302235306.html (957 words)

	Colorado Rapids. The official site of the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Team. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The announcement came on the eve of the third season of the league which has been without a title sponsor since German electronics giant Siemens pulled out after a scandal-plagued first season.
		One Super League club folded with huge debts during the close season although Super League general manager Qu Yuing said another struggling club, Liaoning, would fulfil their opening fixture at Chongqing on Saturday.
		Nan said the league's cumulative TV audience was 120 million last year with average crowds of 12,000.
	www.coloradorapids.com /news/newsdetails_global.asp?ID=1663 (334 words)

	Chinese Super League 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article is about the 2006 season of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as Chinese Super League (CSL), which is the premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.
		There was also some speculation that Liaoning FC would pull out from the league, and that the Chinese Football Association had prepared a schedule with only 14 teams should Liaoning have withdrawn.
		Shanghai Shenhua, who qualify for the AFC Champions League, boost their squad with Li Wei Feng from the debt-ridden Shenzhen Jianlibao for 6.5 million RMB, the highest transfer fee this season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_Super_League_2006 (597 words)

	K League Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Asian Champions League Japanese readers are probably unaware that the continental competition has a knockout stage but it has and it starts on September 13 with Ulsan and Chonbuk representing South Korea.
		Chonbuk probably have the easier task of facing Shanghai Shenhua – though the Chinese outfit currently lies second in the Chinese Super League as opposed to Chonbuk’s last.
		The Motors defeated Chinese champions Dalian Shide in the group stage and will be confident of leaving their domestic form behind and reaching the semi-final of the competition for the second time in three years.
	www.ublo.net /k_league_update.htm (856 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		The Chinese Super League is scheduled to get underway on 11 March but a series of unforeseen set-backs have disrupted planning for a competition that is eager to lift itself to a new level.
		The Chinese football community is keen to see this year's campaign bring success - especially after the recent knock suffered by the national team in failing to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ Germany.
		The Chinese Football Association is still desperately struggling to find a sponsor and as if that isn't a big enough headache, the fixture list for the rest of the year may need altering.
	www.fifa.com /en/WorldLeagues/index/0,4643,115477,00.html?comp=CWC&year=2005&articleid=115477 (1000 words)

	Infront Sports & Media: Chinese Super League
		We are seeking other opportunities to extend the partnership with this experienced team and to bring Chinese football to a new professional level".
		The re-launch of the new Chinese Super League, which took place in 2004, was a development of huge significance for football in China and its future role on the international stage.
		The Chinese Super League offers an exciting, effective communication platform for leading brands in one of the world's fastest growing consumer markets.
	www.infrontsport.com /print/marketingrights/football-marketing-portfolio/chinese-super-league.html (274 words)

	Korean Football & K.League News :: Soccerphile.com \| September 2006
		J-League followers are probably unaware that the continental competition has a knockout stage but it has and it starts on September 13 with Ulsan and Chonbuk representing South Korea.
		Chonbuk probably have the easier task of facing Shanghai Shenhua - though the Chinese outfit currently lies second in the Chinese Super League as opposed to Chonbuk's last.
		Then they were defeated by eventual champions Al Ittihad (who went on to beat Seongnam in the final and Busan the year after) and Ulsan face Saudi opposition.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/korean-soccer/kleague_news27.html (860 words)

	2005, now 2006: The Glory Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The most controversy the league has ever endured was the 2002 Black Whistles affair, in a scandal of Italian league proportions referee Gong Jianping was found to have taken 9 bribes in 2000 and 2001, totalling 370,000 yuan, or about £25,000.
		The CSL lost their sponsors Siemens Mobile in 2004 due to low interest and the 2005 season was delayed as a result.
		Update: 25th August, the CSL has thrown out the increase in relegation spaces proposal, but two-up two-down with the China League has been confirmed, after relegation was abolished for the 2005 season.
	www.freewebs.com /rliu/chinesesuperleague.htm (653 words)

	S.League : News Archive
		Chinese club Sinchi FC have announced they will sit out the 2006 S.League season after failing in their attempts to assemble a competitive team for next year.
		Their current youth side, champions in the Prime League this season, will play in China's lower leagues with a view to gaining experience for a projected return to Singapore.
		While the Chinese side found themselves embroiled in a number of controversies including a referee bust-up this season, Wang said the decision to sit-out next season was not tied to these events.
	www.sleague.com /new0101.asp?ID=1268 (749 words)

	Super Girls Beat the Super League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Chinese Super League (CSL) game on August 20 between two Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championship quarterfinalists, Shenzhen Jianlibo and Shandong Luneng, failed to draw more than 1,000 TV viewers.
		The game between Shandong and Shenzhen, the CSL champions -- both of whom advanced from the group stage of the AFC Champions League -- should have been basking in the limelight, but no more than 1,000 fans watched the game in Shenzhen, south China.
		It cited the example of the very popular ongoing pop star competition, Super Girl, which is reportedly drawing TV viewers away from league matches.
	www.china.org.cn /english/sports/139588.htm (391 words)

	ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, ...
		Guoan finished in sixth place in China's just-completed Super League season, with a record of 12 wins, 10 defeats and four draws.
		Chinese press reports said Guoan was hoping Real Madrid would buy up to 60 percent of the club's shares.
		The initial year was wracked by accusations of crooked referees and rampant betting by players and coaches, although the second season appeared cleaner.
	www.wldcup.com /news/2005Nov/20051110_33005_world_soccer.html (411 words)

	Chinese Super League from European prospective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But currently the crown for the team who won the Jia A league in 1995 and 2003, and were runners up in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 plus 2001 is far away considering Dalian Shide wont allow their 10 point advantage to vanish until the end of season.
		Last year’s Super league vice-champions aren’t doing well in the league this year and are currently fifth with 26 points with no chance to throw off Dalian Shide from the throne.
		In their history Beijing has won the Chinese Super Cup in 1998, 2003 and China FA Cup in 1996, 1997, 2003 but they never lifted the trophy of league champion.
	www.jadransport.org /articles/1274.html (3061 words)

	China PR: Shandong within touching distance \| World’s home for the World soccer news, FIFA, UEFA, Conmebol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Their 2-1 win, their 17th after 21 rounds of the China Super League, further consolidated their place at the top of the table.
		Despite the emphatic scoreline, the eight-time league champions remain in sixth position.
		Since the China Super League season began in March, Shandong have won 17, drawn three and lost just one of their 21 matches to date.
	football-times.com /china_pr_shandong_within_touching_distance (542 words)

	Chinese giants won't be two good, says Rudan - Football - Sport - smh.com.au
		But Rudan, who can talk from experience about Chinese football as he played there in 2002, still believes his team will have an advantage in both physical and mental toughness over Shenhua that will enable Sydney to get a result from its opening ACL game at Yuanshen Stadium on March 7.
		"The Chinese players are very athletic and the better teams are hard to break down," he said.
		Recent record - Shenhua: Chinese Super League runners-up, 2005 and 2006; Champions of former top Chinese league, the Jia A, in 1995 and 2003; Jia A runners-up in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001; Chinese FA Cup winners, 1998.
	www.smh.com.au /news/football/chinese-wont-be-two-good-rudan/2007/02/22/1171733950300.html (853 words)

	Butterfly Online
		However, playing in the Chinese Super League means that Boll is more and more acquainted with the styles and techniques of the top Chinese players; the players who will almost certainly be the main medal contenders in 2008.
		Boll has proved he can adapt to the Chinese style of play and one part of his game where he now excels is in the vital area of service, receive of service and first attack.
		It is most certainly a new way of thinking for China, all the top Chinese players compete in the Super League but in 2008 the dilemma will be co-ordinating the Super League, which is eighteen rounds of matches, with the Olympic Preparation Program.
	www.butterflyonline.com /2006/06Timo.asp (1395 words)

	China coach quits after WC exit
		In October, seven clubs complained that corruption in the new Chinese Super League was rife and threatened a boycott but stood down after meeting for emergency talks with the China Football Association (CFA).
		With the future of the league unclear, Wednesday's crushing disappointment led newspapers around the country to proclaim the death of Chinese soccer.
		CFA officials refused to finger Haan for the failure and insisted he was not being made a scapegoat.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/nov/19haan.htm (471 words)

	Fans show football teams the yellow card as players head for exits - Football - www.smh.com.au
		When the 11 green-jerseyed Beijing Hyundai players file onto the pitch in Shenyang tomorrow for their first match of the new Chinese Super League football season, they will hope it won't be like the last match against the Shenyang team.
		Three weeks later, Dalian Shide, another top team, also walked off the field over a referee's decision, and suddenly the Chinese football world was in turmoil that reverberated to the top echelons of the ruling Communist Party.
		Chinese players are drifting overseas, even to Australia.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Football/Fans-show-football-teams-the-yellow-card-as-players-head-for-exits/2005/04/01/1112302241924.html?from=moreStories (781 words)

	Corruption in the C-League - Soccer Fans Network Forums
		The Chinese Football Association must be having déjà vu as yet again; the dark cloud of corruption is casting its inky shadow over the domestic season.
		The start of the Super League was supposed to change all that but 2004 was a year to forget for the authorities.
		There was widespread indiscipline among players who played the full ninety minutes on the pitch and for a time Shenzhen Jianlibao’s players boycotted training as they had not received their wages from the financially challenged club.
	forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /showthread.php?t=34070 (614 words)

	A-League - Fox Sports
		NEW Zealand's bid to remain in the A-League has been approved and they are free to play in next year's competition, the New Zealand Herald has reported.
		FOOTBALL Federation Australia is now not expected to announce its decision about the participation of a New Zealand team in the A-League until next week.
		NORTH Queensland A-League bid chief executive James Gage has dismissed as a serious threat Gold Coast Soccer's last-minute jockeying to enter a team in next season's national competition.
	www.foxsports.com.au /football/aleague (376 words)

	Asian Football Business Review by Football Dynamics Asia
		The Football League of England, which represents the three professional leagues below the FA Premier League in that country and which claims to be the third or fourth most watched football competition in Europe, has extended its naming rights sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola until the end of the 2009/10 season.
		Coca-Cola began its partnership with the League in 2004 and the three-year extension is a significant rise on the previous agreement.
		With the advent of the J. League in 1993, Onitake led Yanmar to become a professional club and was named the first president of Cerezo Osaka in the year the league began, before resigning to become J. League vice chairman in 2004.
	footballdynamicsasia.blogspot.com (9649 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Chinese Super League attendance hits record low in 2005
		The attendance of the Chinese Super League in its inaugural season last year hit a record low inChinese soccer's professional history, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) said Saturday.
		The CFA said in a report that the average attendance per game in a scandal-hit opening season was 11,000, a 38 percent fall fromthe previous season.
		The report said that the total attendance registered of all the132 Super League matches last season was 1.45 million, which was also the lowest in the past 10 years.
	english.people.com.cn /200502/27/eng20050227_174841.html (143 words)

	Xinhua - English
		Kingway sponsored Chinese Football Super League side Shenzhen last year for 12.5 million yuan (more than 1.5 million USD dollars).
		The company is the third to sponsor the Chinese Football Super League, after German electronics giant Siemens and internet phone maker iPhox.
		Siemens paid 8 million Euro to sponsor the Chinese Football Super League when it debuted in 2004, but the fee has plummeted as the league has become associated with scandals.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2007-03/02/content_5791258.htm (189 words)

	Sponsored Super League Kicks Off
		Xie believes underground gambling rings are at the root of many of the league's problems as they encouraged referees, players and coaches to fix matches.
		The league, which began with 12 teams in 2004, has expanded by two teams in each subsequent season due to the cancellation of relegation.
		Having footed in the heart of the sports-crazed nation, he works closely with Chinese athletes of all sports and the authorities and shares his view with readers on the nation's zealous preparation to the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
	www.chineseathlete.net /soccer001.html (930 words)

	Dalian Shide lift trophy of Chinese Super League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dalian Shide clinched their eighth title in the Chinese Super League with a 2-0 win over Wuhan Huanghelou.
		Prolific Bulgarian striker Zoran Jankovic added to his tally for the season with a 60th minute penalty and Hu Zhaojun sealed the win and the championship with a second eight minutes later.
		Dalian have led the 14-team strong table since the beginning of the campaign and fully deserve the prize and the spot in next season’s AFC Champions League.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-10/24/content_487299.htm (238 words)

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